Laurence Smith

Global Head of Talent & LearningSmartUp.io

Innovation Award winner at the World’s Best Digital Bank, Laurence was the initiator of the Digital Mindset Initiative and co-creator of the famous DBS Hackathon series - simultaneously Laurence had a day job as Managing Director HR and Group Head of Learning & Talent Development at DBS Bank in Singapore.

These days he splits his time between running an innovative micro-learning platform that enables large-scale adoption of digital mindset by 'making learning fun again,' and helping CEOs and CHROs drive digital transformation from a culture and mindset perspective.

He selectively speaks and advises on digital transformation, innovation culture and digital mindset, delivering workshops to helping remove the fear from digital and getting senior executives to prototype their first ever app or have fun building a chatbot!

With 20 years in Asia, he has held senior roles at GE Capital in Tokyo, and as Chief Learning Officer of LG Electronics in Seoul. Previously he was with McKinsey and the WorldBank in the US.